August Calendar Draw

August is American Artist appreciation month. It's a way to thank artists across all mediums for their inspiration and enrichment. Libraries, museums, and galleries throughout the Nation are hosting events to celebrate. Here's a chance to join the month's festivities. We're calling all DA members, whether on the mainland or across the pond, to participate in our 2012 calendar. So, take the plunge. Doodle up August and submit. Your fanfare awaits...

Draw the entire calendar spread for August 2012, including artwork and the days of the week/dates.

Feel free to design the layout anyway you like, just be sure to include some kind of blocks for the days of the week.

Do it old school: use paint, a pen, marker, or colored pencil. NO vector art accepted.

Scan it and BE SURE to save the art at hi-resolution (300dpi minimum), in the case you win, we'll need it to print the final calendar.

Submit/Upload a JPG version of your artwork (no larger than 2MB) for voting.

Upload your best art, because you only get one submission.

DEADLINE: WEDNESDAY, JULY 13th (4PM EST)

Prize

The winner with the most votes will get their artwork featured on the August spread of DA's very first hand-drawn / illustrated calendar! You will receive full credit, praise, and adoration—not to mention two copies of the calendar that you may barter, gift, or hoard all for yourself. We won't judge.

I am soooo annoyed! I've been working on my entry for 2 whole days now, just adding the finishing touches when I logged on to see the size requirements, and BAM! Deadline has been reached! But it's impossible! I'm living in Ireland, so knew the deadline would be different time than advertised here, so from your timer calculated the deadline on Irish time, which should have been 7am - like under 10hrs from now!! I reeeeally wanted to enter this one :( whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!

@Maria Hegedus...you submit directly on here, but it's closed now. If you click on the big blue box at the very top of the page that says "get full details" you will see all the info. The next one is for October.

To All Doodlers -- Just a heads up that in our most recent showcase (August Calendar Draw), we logged 45-50 invalid members, and all of them made votes that we are marking as invalid. We've removed the members and their votes and will continue to monitor it as the day goes on.

Click here for full details about the Doodlers Anonymous hand-drawn/illustrated 2012 calendar. The competition is now open-- DA members and artists are welcome to submit their art. Read the guidelines and check back often to watch the calendar grow.